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Abies alba 'Bystricka'
Abies alba 'Hana'
Abies alba 'Havel'

Abies alba 'Hedge' 
Abies alba 'Pyramidalis'
abies balsamea 'old ridge'  
ABIES BALSAMEA 'WOLCOTT POND'
abies borisii-regis (j.k. greece)
ABIES CONCOLOR 'BIRTHDAY BROOM'
Abies concolor 'Blue Saphir'
abies concolor 'conica witches' broom'
ABIES CONCOLOR ‘GABLE’S WEEPING’
Abies concolor 'Kalous'
abies concolor 'la veta'
abies concolor ‘pigglemee’
ABIES CONCOLOR 'WINTER GOLD'
Abies concolor x grandis 'Luteneggeri'
(SOLD OUT)
abies grandis 'van dedem's dwarf'
ABIES KOREANA 'AUREA'
abies koreana 'blauer eskimo'
abies koreana 'cis'
Abies koreana 'Gait'
(SOLD OUT)
Abies koreana 'GelBbunt'
ABIES KOREANA 'GOLDEN DREAM'
ABIES KOREANA 'GREEN CARPET'
Abies koreana 'kohout's icebreaker'  
(SOLD OUT)
abies koreana 'kristalkugel'
Abies koreana 'Oberon'
ABIES KOREANA 'SILBERKUGEL'
ABIES KOREANA 'SILBERPERLe'
abies lasiocarpa 'alpine beauty'
abies lasiocarpa 'duflon'
ABIES LASIOCARPA 'LOPALPUN'
abies lasiocarpa 'prickly pete'
 

ABIES LASIOCARPA 'UTAH'
Abies nordmaNniana 'Eifel'
ABIES NORDMANNIANA 'jakobsen'
ABIES NORDMANNIANA 'petra'
ABIES PROCERA 'BLAUE HEXE'
Abies procera 'Noble's Dwarf'
abies procera ‘pesek’
abies siberica 'liptovsky Hradec'
abies veitchii 'heine'

 

 

 

Abies alba 'Bystricka'
 

This is a dense, little flat-topped cushion that grows about 1 per year. (4)

Stk# 290S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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Abies alba 'Hana'
 

A cushion that is slightly depressed in the center and grows 1"-2" per year. (4)

Stk# 335S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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Abies alba 'Havel'

This flat-topped dwarf grows 1"-2" per year (4)

Stk# 340S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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Abies alba ‘Hedge’

This dark green, spreading bush grows about 2" per  year and is a
nice accent in the garden. (4)
Stk# 350S   5" pot  . .  .  .  $ 35.00

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Abies alba ‘Pyramidalis'

This dark green, narrow spire grows about 4" per year. (4)
Stk# 600S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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abies balsamea 'old ridge'


Growing about 1" per year, this selection develops into a squatly conical, dense little bush. The new growth is pure white in the spring and will burn if not shaded. (3)
Stk# 910S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00

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ABIES BALSAMEA ‘WOLCOTT POND’

Found in Vermont by Greg Williams, this dense, dark green,
globose selection grows 1"-2" per year. (3)
Stk# 940S    5" pot . . . $ 35.00

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Abies borisii-regis j.k. greece
 

This is a dense, flat-topped, little cushion that grows about 1 per year. (5)

Stk# 1000S      5" pot . . . $ 45.00

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abies concolor 'BIRTHDAY broom'


Found by Rich Eyre on his birthday, this miniature bun has blue leaves. A very nice, almost flat little plant, it is 8" across in ten years. (4)
Stk# 1550S    5" pot . . . . $ 30.00

 

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abies concolor 'Blue Saphir'

Found as a broom on 'Violacea',  this miniature has blue foliage and develops into a dense little shrub. It is susceptible to spring foliage problems. (4)

Stk# 1570S      5" pot . . . $ 35.00

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abies concolor 'conica witches' broom'


This sport found on ‘Conica’ has miniature, blue needles and grows about 1/2 inch a year, making a very nice round ball. (4)
Stk# 1751S    5" pot . . . . $ 35.00

 

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ABIES CONCOLOR ‘GABLE’S WEEPING’


A slow growing selection with gray-green foliage and pendulous branches, it is quite distinctive. At ten years it might be 3' wide and 2' tall. (4)
Stk# 1900S    5" pot . . . $ 30.00


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abies concolor 'kalous'

After ten years this dense, spreading selection is 20" wide by 10" high. (4)

Stk# 1970S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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abies concolor 'la veta'


Discovered as a witches' broom, it grows about 4” a year, becoming
a small, dense shrub with blue foliage. (4)
Stk# 1980S    5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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abies concolor ‘pigglemee’


A miniature selection that grows less than 1" per year, it has short, blue needles and shoots that stick straight out from the stubby branches. (4)
Stk# 2050S    5" pot . . . $35.00


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ABIES CONCOLOR ‘WINTER GOLD’

This small tree has yellow green foliage that turns bright gold in winter. (4)
Stk# 2240S   5" pot   .  . $ 30.00

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Abies grandis X 'Luteneggeri' (SOLD OUT)

 

A hybrid between grandis and concolor, this compact tree grows about 12" per year and has blue, intermediate foliage with grandis bark. (5)

Stk# 2555S      5" pot . . . $ 35.00

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abies grandis 'van dedem's dwarf'

This broad, globose selection is not exceptionally dense.
Its foliage is dark green with short needles.
Growing 1"-2" per year, a twenty year old plant is about 15" tall by 30" wide. (5)
Stk# 2545S      5" pot . . . . $ 30.00

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abies koreana 'aurea'

Especially attractive when it cones, this golden Korean fir forms a narrow, upright tree. (6)

Stk# 2880S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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abies koreana ‘blauer eskimo’

A witches’ broom from ‘Blauer Pfiff’ with the same blue color, this selection becomes a miniature, globose bun. It grows about ¾" per year. (5)
Stk# 2887S    5" pot  .  .  .  $ 35.00

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abies koreana 'cis'

This miniature, dense, globose bush grows about 1" per year
and has dark green foliage. (5)
Stk# 2909S      5" pot . . . $ 25.00

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Abies koreana 'Gait' (SOLD OUT)
 

After about ten years, this dwarf, very narrow selection will often cloak itself in masses of small cones. (5)

Stk# 2905S      5" pot . . . $ 25.00

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abies koreana ‘GelBbunt’

Found by Gunter Horstmann about 1970, this tree has yellow variegated patches of foliage among the normal green colored foliage. The variegation becomes less pronounced as the tree ages. (5)
Stk# 2910S      5" pot  .  .  .   $25.00

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ABIES KOREANA ‘GOLDEN DREAM’

This European selection with bright gold foliage appears to slowly grow into a flat topped bush. Some plants do tend to grow more upright but are still very densely branched. It grows about 3"- 4" per year. (5)
Stk# 2912S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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ABIES KOREANA ‘GREEN CARPET’

A dwarf, somewhat mounding selection, it is not as flat as the name implies. It has a dark green color and eventually becomes a low, wide bush growing about 1”- 2” per year. (5)

Stk# 2916S      5" pot . . . $ 35.00

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abies koreana 'kohout's icebreaker' (SOLD OUT)

A witches' broom found on 'Horstmann's Silberlocke', this dwarf, globose selection grows 1"- 2" per year and creates a silvery focal point in the garden as the curl of its needles display their bright undersides. We have only a few available for this year. (5)
Stk# 2931S        5" pot . . . $ 50.00

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abies koreana 'kristalkugel'

A flat-topped cushion when young, this selection develops a rounded top as it matures. When young, it will grow 1"-2" per year, slowing to less than 1" per year after about five years. (5)
Stk# 2933S      5" pot . . . $ 35.00

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Abies koreana 'Oberon'
 

A dense, small shrublike plant, its dark green foliage consists of stiff, short needles that stick straight out from the branchlets. It grows 2"-3" per year. (5)

Stk# 2942S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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ABIES KOREANA ‘SILBERKUGEL’

In many ways this is the most distinctive of a group of miniature Korean Firs offered by Coenosium Gardens. The branchlets are slightly twisted, and a specimen will become somewhat flat-topped as it ages. The growth rate is less than 1" per year. (5)
Stk# 2985S  5" pot  .  .  .   . $ 40.00


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ABIES KOREANA ‘SILBERPERLE’

This miniature, globular form has silver and green foliage. As it ages, it will develop a slow growing terminal shoot and become a dense, squat little shrub with a growth rate of just over 2" per year. (5)
Stk# 2992S    5" pot .  .  .  .  $ 30.00

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abies lasiocarpa 'alpine beauty'

A miniature Alpine fir with small, bluish leaves, its yearly growth is less than 1" as it develops into a dense, little cone. (5)
Stk# 3125S      5" pot . . . $ 35.00

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abies lasiocarpa 'duflon'

This miniature selection develops into a 6" tall, squatly conical, dense little plant after ten to fifteen years. It will always be wider than high with short, thin, gray-green needles on stubby little branches. (5)
Stk# 3240S      5" pot . . . $40.00

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ABIES LASIOCARPA ’LOPALPUN’

An excellent selection for a rock garden, this dense, extremely miniature bun has gray-green foliage. (5)
Stk# 3417S      5" pot .  .   .  . $ 35.00

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abies lasiocarpa 'prickly pete'


Although the parent of this selection was a columnar dwarf form of Rocky Mountain Fir, all of the plants propagated from it have been dense little globes growing less than 1" per year with blue-green foliage. We hope they will eventually grow like the parent plant, but more evaluation time is needed before determining its ultimate size and shape. (5)
Stk# 3423S    5" pot . . . $ 25.00

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ABIES LASIOCARPA ‘UTAH’

Apparently becoming a flat-topped bun, this green, dwarf selection
grows about ½"  per year. (5)
Stk# 3426S    5" pot   .   .   $ 40.00

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Abies nordmaNniana 'Eifel'
 

This new offering is a dwarf, spreading selection of nordman fir
that grows just over 1" per year. (6)

Stk# 3459S      5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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ABIES NORDMANNIANA 'jakobsen'

This miniature selection is pillow-shaped with a bare upper surface. It appears to be very hard to maintain, but is well worth the effort. The foliage is dark green and sparse with very thick new growth. It grows about 1" a year. (6)
Stk# 3470S      5" pot . . . $ 35.00

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abies norDmanNiana 'petra'


This dwarf, very dense selection becomes a flat, cushion shaped plant with downcurved branches and light green foliage. It grows about 1" per year. (6)
Stk# 3474S    5" pot . . . $ 40.00


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ABIES PROCERA 'BLAUE HEXE'


Broad and globose, with short, dense branches having short, wide needles, this cushion shaped plant does best if grafted 2"-3" high on Abies procera. It grows about 1" per year. (6)
Stk# 4150S    5" pot . . . $ 30.00

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Abies procera 'Noble's Dwarf'
 

A slow growing tree selection from the Noble Collection at the Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco, the foliage is bright blue and it grows up to 4" per year. (6)

Stk# 4350S      5" pot . . . $ 25.00

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abies procera ‘pesek’


Slow growing when young, this selection develops into a dense, conical plant with blue foliage with an eventual growth rate of 6"-9" per year. (6)
Stk# 4360S 5" pot . . . . . $ 40.00

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abies siberica 'liptovsky Hradec'


A miniature, globose selection with emerald green foliage and exceptional hardiness, I doubt that this plant will do very well in warmer climates. (2)
Stk# 4410S    5" pot . . . $ 40.00

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abies veitchii ‘heine’

This dwarf, spreading, plant grows up to 2" per year with occasional end branches of up to 4". Similar to ‘Hedergott’ but with longer leaves and a lighter green color, it was found by W. Wustemeyer, Schermbeck, Germany about 1986. (3)
Stk# 4470S      5" pot  .  .  .  .  $ 35.00

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